Luke 5:16 — But He Himself would often slip away to the wilderness and pray…..
This verse says to me how important it is to have personal alone time with our Father God.
Jesus would slip away to a lonely place and talk with His Father. We read numerous times throughout the Gospels how Jesus would go off alone and pray. Now if Jesus needed time alone with Him, I certainly think we need to do the same.
Most of us believers understand the need for prayer and to pray for others. We know we need prayer for ourselves and we know it is right to pray for others and their needs.
What we forget is that personal, alone time with God. When we can sit and listen in silence and hear that ‘still, small voice’ ( 1 Kings 19:12 ). The Holy Spirit will speak to us and guide us, but sometimes we need to sit and listen in silence for a while. We need to pray for others, pray for our needs, praise and worship God for a while, then stop talking and listen for that quiet, soft voice of the Spirit.
Done with Religion 
Thank you Mike, for reminding us in this busy time, how important it is to spend intimate time with our Lord and the Father. The Word in many places reminds us too to be still before the Lord, to settle into Him, to sit at His feet and listen.
“Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.” (Psalm 46:10)
Thank you for this word if reminder and encouragement today.
Wayne
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